Selections from The Punk Vault [The Next]
The Next – Make it Quick 7″ (1979 Sharp Records) Texas is famous for its great (and in many cases relatively unknown) punk bands. From the more popular ones such as The Dicks, Big Boys, Butthole Surfers, DRI, and The Offenders, to the more obscure (except to record collectors) like Hugh Beaumont Experience, The Huns, [...]
Going Underground: American Punk 1979 – 1992
Going Underground: American Punk 1979 – 1992 Book By George Hurchalla Zuo Press There’s been a few different books about punk rock and its history, but not that many that really cover the hardcore years that were post-1980. The most notable one to cover this era is the American Hardcore book by Steven Blush, which [...]
Vengeance PPV
Tonight I went to Famous Freddie’s to see the WWE Vengeance wrestling PPV. It was a Raw-only show and while those are usually better than the Smackdown only shows, I typically find the single brand shows to be pretty sub-par and they do little to make them feel any different than the weekly TV show. [...]
MC5 – Kick Out the Jams – DVD
MC5 – Kick Out the Jams DVD Music Video Distributors For many punks older than me, their road to the promised land (the punk rock scene) was first paved by such unorthodox bands such as The Stooges and MC5. Now referred to as pre-punk, these bands bucked tradition and did their own thing with no [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Poison Idea]
Poison Idea – Kings of Punk LP (1986 Pusmort Records) I’m not sure where I first heard of Poison Idea. I think it was this actual record which opened my eyes to them, and only because it was on Pushead’s label, and after buying the Septic Death record and the Cleanse the Bacteria compilation, it [...]
Happy Birthday Liz
Today is my friend Liz’s birthday. Stop by and wish her a happy birthday if you get a chance. Happy birthday Liz, I hope you get a bunch of cool swag.
The many flavors of: Samhain – Unholy Passion
Everyone knows the tale of The Misfits, and how their records are hugely collectible these days, with the many variations and colors of vinyl especially. Well, when Glenn Danzig disbanded The Misfits and started a new band called Samhain, he carried on the tradition (as well as the label he had started to put out [...]
Gotham City!
Thanks to the generosity of Pod, I got to go see Batman Begins at an Imax theatre on Wednesday nite. I really liked it a lot, it was a great movie and In my opinion it easily tops all previous Batman films, even the first one (which I really liked). It was very true to [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Keats Rides a Harley]
Various Artists – Keats Rides a Harley LP (1981 Happy Squid Records) This compilation is something I was aware of for a few years before I ever saw one. The first time I saw it was when I found a copy at a used record shop in CA a long time ago. I am pretty [...]
ECW One Night Stand
Last nite I went over to a bar that was showing the ECW One Night Stand PPV for free, the only requirement was you had to purchase one drink from the bar. Seeing as how I couldn’t afford to have a few friends over and chip in to get it, this cheap way seemed like [...]
O’Banions reunion night
Friday Nite, Cheddar Nines, Glenda, Hannover Fist, and myself, went down to the city for a pair of old school punk rock affairs. It was a rare nite out for me these days and it turned out to be a hell of a good time. After filling up on Potbellys before heading to the first [...]
The barter system
In this day and age where everyone just sells their stuff on ebay, and no one seems to trade anymore, I am pleased to report I have some good old-fashioned trades in the works. The first one has already been completed and I have a couple others in the works. When all is said and [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [The Future Looks Bright]
Various Artists – The Future Looks Bright LP (1981 Posh Boy Records) When I was a teenager, I picked up a Posh Boy compilation called The Future Looks Brighter based solely on the fact that it had Social Distortion on it and I was a huge fan of that band. Upon reading the liner notes [...]
Happy Birthday Lady Combustion!
We take a break from our regularly scheduled punk rock trivia and my complaining about not having a job to wish a happy birthday to my lovely girlfriend, Lady Combustion, aka: RMD. I actually managed to scrape together enough money to get her a present and I’ll be taking her out to dinner when she [...]
Coloring Outside the Lines: A Punk Rock Memoir
Coloring Outside the Lines: A Punk Rock Memoir – Book by Aimee Cooper In the late 1970s, a young woman by the name of Aimee Cooper wandered into a club while Johny Thunders was playing a show. The experience was something so new and exciting to her that it opened up a whole new world [...]
